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Can the Flow of Time be explained as a "force" from a singularity at the end of time? [closed]
I know this is a very contentious topic, with wide range of theories, philosophies, etc. I am also not a physicist or mathematician, so kindly forgive me. My question is very specific about a ...
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Why is it that galaxies tend to form large-scale "sheet" and "filament" structures?
I recently picked up a book on physical cosmology, and the first couple of chapters make frequent reference to the development of large-scale "sheet" and "filament" structure. ...
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Why quantum fluctuation during inflation contributes to structure formation and how it sets the initial condition?
I'm trying to understand the role of the inflaton condensate and quantum fluctuations during inflation and how they evolve into the large-scale structure we observe today. Here's where I’m getting ...
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Question about comoving frame
From what I understand, in an expanding universe given by
$$ds^2=-dt^2+e^{2Ht}dx_{com}^2,$$ where I believe that $dx_{com}$ denotes a comoving spatial line element, the distance between a comoving ...
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Are relic neutrinos gravitationally bound to large scale structures?
I have been interested in how neutrinos arrange themselves around gravitational potentials. However, I found contradictory claims and I would like to clarify this
After reading a bit into this paper (...
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Assuming that proton decay occurs, will all types of particles be dispersed without exception?
Proton decay is a theoretical possibility, as it is predicted to happen by some GUTs, so the proton may not be stable and could decay into lighter particles considering enormous time scales.
If proton ...
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A study on the speed of gravity
I have just come across a paper which involves a study about the speed of gravity. This has rocked me a bit, since I thought it was well known gravitational fields travel at the speed of light, in ...
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Can there be a progressive and slow vacuum transition event instead of a sudden one?
I have a question on transition events between vacua, and what do our models predict that would happen:
Could there be a transition between vacua without involving a sudden event like a bubble ...
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Is curved spacetime related to entropy and/or quantum decoherence?
In this article (https://physics.iitm.ac.in/~dawood/resources/pedagogical-articles/GRFessay_Kothawala_2013.pdf) in the abstract, it is said that
Spacetime curvature will generically perturb the ...
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Astronomy Without Fusion
Let us begin with diffuse clouds of atomic hydrogen as we believe was the case in the early universe, but assume that nuclear fusion is not an existing mechanism.
What would happen under the influence ...
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What is the gravitational field of a hole in an infinite perfect crystal?
Or equivalently and more interestingly: In the early universe when there was uniform H/He gas everywhere, gravitational field was close to 0 everywhere. Every test particle was pulled from all sides ...
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Gravitational halos made of neutrinos...?
I have been recently interested in how halos made of standard model particles could be formed and behave.
After asking some questions in this site, I was told about how neutrinos could form such halos....
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Why is nonzero net charge density incompatible with the cosmological principle?
In an answer to a question about the overall charge-neutrality of the universe, benrg writes,
A nonzero net charge density is incompatible with the cosmological
principle. Unlike the gravitational ...
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Why is the universe charge-neutral?
The positive charges (such as from the protons) of the universe are almost neutralized by the negative charges (such as from the electrons).
Is there an explanation for this neutrality? Does it ...
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Detailed derivation of ESCK gravity and Extended Friedmann Equations with Torsion
Do you know a textbook on the Einstein-Cartan-Sciama-Kibble theory of Gravitation and its application to derive Extended Friedmann Equations with Torsion, which shows the calculations in detail?
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Do we really know the universal gravitational constant?
We've all heard $$F_g=\frac{gm_1m_2}{r^2}.$$ However, since I took physics, we've discovered "dark energy," which if I have any concept of the current thinking is caused by space being ...
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Can there be structures made from neutrinos that can have angular momentum?
Would it be possible to eventually have structures made from neutrinos somewhere in the universe, as it is indicated in this question (Are neutrino stars theoretically possible?), like halos of ...
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Does dark energy work on the principle of anti-gravity, i.e. repulsive gravity?
Our universe is made up of 95% dark energy+ dark matter (of which most is dark energy), and this dark energy is considered to be the main reason for the expansion of our universe. But, anything that ...
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Turnaround radius being increased in fast collapsing regions?
In the context of formation of large-scale structures, there would be a turnaround radius where expanding matter would detach from the Hubble flow and start to collapse (https://www.aanda.org/articles/...
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Tests for general relativity
As a theorist, I’d guess that in Newtonian gravity we can check for proportionality to mass, and inverse square proportionality to distance, by measuring the ratios of gravitational forces.
Is there ...
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Interplay between gravity and cosmic expansion causing collapse of large-scale structures?
As far as I understand it, in the context of large structure formation, the interplay between gravity and cosmic expansion can cause certain anisotropies in voids that can make them collapse (https://...
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Questions about cosmic sheets/walls/filaments
I had a couple of questions about cosmic filaments in the context of the cosmic web structure formation:
In this thesis (https://www.imprs-hd.mpg.de/51939/thesis\_cpenzo.pdf), the author indicates in ...
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Transition to Neutron Star
If we're asked to believe that the explosive aspect of a supernova results from a rebound of residual free falling matter off of the stellar core, shouldn't we also be asked to believe that transition ...
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Can the integrated Sachs-Wolfe and the Rees-Sciama effects have any influence on matter?
CMB photons can be affected by the expansion of the universe through the linear integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect (ISW) 1 and the non-linear ISW effect or also called Rees-Sciama effect 1.
In particular, ...
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Conformal transformation to Einstein frame for a Non-minimally coupled Ricci and Maxwell term
I am currently working on a modified gravity theory which has non-minimal coupling between Ricci scalar and Maxwell term. The precise action is
$$\int d^4x\sqrt{-g} \left(R + \alpha R^2 + (1 + \beta R)...
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What if gravitation was the only force? [closed]
This is a follow up of Interactions within constituents of dark matter .
I wonder about dark matter, and, naturally, compare it with our observable world.
If gravitation would be the only force acting ...
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Is Brans-Dicke theory really ruled out by solar system tests?
Brans-Dicke theory with small values of parameter $w$ are said to be ruled out by solar system general relativity tests like the Shapiro time delay test and the deflection of starlight by the sun.
But ...
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Sean Carroll, can I skip to chapter 8 after chapter 4? [closed]
For anyone who has studied the book 'An Introduction to General Relativity Spacetime and Geometry' by Sean Carroll, can I study chapters 1 to 4 (which do differential geometry & field equations it ...
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“Negative energy” definition of “gravitationally bound” in expanding cosmology
First off, I realize that there is already a number of questions relating to gravitational binding in cosmology:
Gravitationally bound systems in an expanding universe
Gravitationally bound systems ...
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Effects of dark energy in the kinetic energy of a body?
If I launch a ball into the sky it would reach a distance after which it would return into the ground transforming the potential energy into kinetic energy as it hits the ground
This is similar to ...
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Theoretically, is it feasible for the dark matter density to be constant and homogeneous, as dark energy is, and the two to be related?
I know that currently dark matter and dark energy are separate things, not related and one not deriving from the other. But if both are included in a generalized gravitation theory, the picture can ...
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Is there a distance from a gravitational source where the influence of gravity and dark energy are balanced out?
While gravity is a force that attracts
objects with mass, dark energy (or, alternatively, the accelerated expansion of the universe) is not.
However, I have found numerous articles, forums, questions ...
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Dark energy contributing to, or modifying, mass estimates?
I have found some papers (like this one: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2009/45/aa12762-09/aa12762-09.html) which say that dark energy increases the potential energy in a system of a ...
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Zel'dovich pancake derivation
I am looking for a derivation of the Zel'dovich pancake. Does anyone have a reference to the derivation or a link to the original paper?
Y. Zel'dovich, Gravitational instability: An Approximate theory ...
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Contradiction of propagation speed of gravitational waves with non-locality of gravity?
Although LIGO at 2016 verified the speed of a traverse gravitational wave being the speed of light in a vacuum $c$ there is also the fact that gravity is a non-local phenomenon, meaning that it is not ...
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Dark matter, MOND or flattened gravitational fields? [closed]
Could there not be a third variant to explain why e.g. long-distance multistar systems rotate faster than Newton's law of gravity suggests?
In addition to the Dark matter hypothesis and MOND then, ...
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What is the gravitational field intensity of a uniformly distributed mass content in Newtonian gravity?
In an infinite universe composed of single point masses which can be simplified as a uniformly distributed mass density, what is the equation for the gravitational field intensity in Newtonian gravity?...
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Poisson equation in Cosmology at first order in perturbation theory
The book Cosmology by Daniel Baumann states that the Poisson equation for a universe where we consider the effects of both gravity and expansion, expressed in physical coordinates $\vec{r}=a\vec{x}$, ...
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Hydrogen atom in void
We have a hydrogen atom, in a gravitationally bound system nothing interesting happens to it. Let's put it in an empty world where there are only an electron and a proton. Several forces act on it: ...
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Is the $σ8$ tension in the ΛCDM cosmology evidence that the amount of Dark Matter (DM) in the universe is increasing?
Strong evidence is provided by recent cosmological studies that “clumpiness” in the large scale structure (LSS), as measured by $σ8$, is decreasing (for example, “Hyper Suprime-Cam Year 3 Results…”, X....
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How did the big bang's low entropy (which comes from gravity) get converted to sunlight?
In many places you will read that just after the big bang, the universe was filled with very hot gas which appeared to be in thermal equilibrium. You will then read that this is actually quite a low ...
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Has this random youtube crackpot trying to disprove GR inadvertedly stumbled on a genuine prediction of it? [duplicate]
I'm an Astrophysics major. I was watching strange fringe physics crackpots on Youtube to make fun of them, because I'm an acollierastro, planarwalk kinda gal. I came across this guy who thinks Black ...
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Age of the universe due to expansion
"If gravity working on matter is the only force at work on large scales, then the attactive force of gravity will act to slow the expansion. In this case, the universe was expanding more rapidly ...
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Understanding calculation in Feynman's Lecture on Theory of Gravitation about age of universe and gravitational constant
I am reading Feynman's Lectures. In the chapter entitled "The Theory of Gravitation", there is the following part
If we take, in some natural units, the repulsion of two electrons
(nature’s ...
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Did galaxies spin differently 4, 5, 6 billion years ago?
Today I read that the Matter-dominated era ended 4 billion years ago, and now we're in the Dark Energy dominated era.
Obviously, light from galaxies far enough away would be from earlier in the ...
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Is Hubbles law due to Gravity?
Hubble's law states that Distance is proportional to Velocity. A ScienceDirect article states that Classical Hubble expansion is characterized by a proportional increase in the rate of expansion ...
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Do expanding mass shells gain energy?
I've found an article which says in section 2
an expanding gravitational system of given mass gains energy
Does an expanding gravitational system or an expanding shell of a given mass gain energy as ...
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The gravitational field of all the distant mass exactly cancels the positive mass-energy in the universe. Why do they think so? [duplicate]
It is often said that the gravitational field has negative energy, and that this negative gravitational energy of all the distant mass exactly cancels the positive mass-energy in the universe.
Why do ...
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According to the standard cosmological model, would an expanding gravitational field produce particles?
I found this article 1 about the production of particles in a time-dependent gravitational field. I have a few questions about it:
According to the standard model of cosmology and our current ...
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Why the megaastrophysical objects do not collapse due to their gravitational selfattraction?
At the largest scale in the universe exist formations called filaments which form something like a spider web along the whole universe. But they seem to be quite static. So my question is about the ...
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